{"id":3320,"date":"2015-09-02T12:57:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T12:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2015-09-02T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T12:57:38","slug":"hacan-backs-cross-party-campaign-against-3rd-runway-launched-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3320","title":{"rendered":"HACAN backs cross-party campaign against 3rd Runway launched today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Release<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/9\/15 for immediate use<\/i><\/em><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0HACAN backs cross-party campaign against 3rd<\/sup> Runway\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

HACAN, which provides a voice for residents under the Heathrow flight paths, has given its backing to a cross-party campaign launched today to stop a third runway at Heathrow.<\/p>\n

The Coalition Against Heathrow Expansion includes the Mayor of London, Conservative MPs Zac Goldsmith, Adam Afriyie and Tania Mathias, Labour MPs John McDonnell, Ruth Cadbury, Andy Slaughter and Kate Hoey as well as five councils and campaign groups including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.<\/p>\n

The campaign will be delivering over 1.6m flyers across London and the South East to people who could be impacted by a third runway.\u00a0 It is also organising a mass rally in Central London on October 10th<\/p>\n

HACAN Chair John Stewart, who will be fronting the rally, said, \u201cThis leaflet drop and rally is the biggest effort ever by opponents of Heathrow expansion.\u00a0 It shows that, despite the recommendation of the Airports Commission that a third runway goes ahead, we are confident that we can bury the proposal once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later this year the Government will decide whether to endorse the Airports Commission\u2019s recommendation of a third runway or to go for another solution.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notes to the Editor:<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n